Gyroscope Issue Puts Hubble In Safe Mode
Credit: Hubble: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA has established an anomaly review panel to investigate a gyroscope issue that triggered the 28-year-old Hubble Space Telescope into safe mode late Oct. 5. Hubble’s six gyros are one of three types of internal components used to point and stabilize the 44-ft.-long, 12-ton observatory as...
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